Travel the Globe with Round-the-World Fares

The ten member airlines of the oneworld® alliance seek to make worldwide travel an easier and more rewarding experience for you. Together we serve more than 675 destinations in more than 130 countries.

oneworld has teamed up with some airlines who are not members of the alliance to bring you Global Explorer fares - more destinations, more corners of the world to see, more great value.

Participating airlines in addition to all oneworld members are: Aer Lingus, Air Pacific and Gulf Air.

Routes

Your round-the-world itinerary could include a South Pacific island, some of the great cities of Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia.

How Global Explorer works

Your itinerary will be round-the-world.

You can choose from four tiers that determine your fare, based on total distance flown:

• Tier 1: Up to 26,000 miles (Available in Economy Class only)
• Tier 2: Up to 29,000 miles (Available in Economy Class only)
• Tier 3: Up to 34,000 miles (Fares offered in Economy, Business or First Class)
• Tier 4: Up to 39,000 miles (Available in Economy Class only)

Planning Your Trip

Routings

• Flights must be via both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans (travelling around the world in an eastbound or westbound direction). You may only cross each ocean once.
• Your flights from one continent to another must be in a continuous eastward or westward direction. Once within a continent you are free to backtrack or roam locally at will provided you do not return to the point where your journey originated.
• You may choose to travel by surface transport instead of flying, under the following conditions:
  1. Within the country of origin
  2. Between the USA and Canada
  3. Between Hong Kong and another point in the People's Republic of China
  4. Within South America
  5. Within Africa
  6. Between Bangladesh and Bangkok or Singapore
  7. Between Malaysia and Singapore

If you choose to travel by surface transport between two airports, the most direct flown distance between the origin and destination point of the surface sector will be counted towards your total flown mileage.

• You may use the following oneworld airlines: American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian Airlines and any of their oneworld affiliates as well as Aer Lingus, Air Pacific and Gulf Air.

• Travel on a service marketed under the airline code of one of the above airlines (known as a codeshare), and operated by another of the above airlines is permitted. Also permitted are Qantas codeshare services operated by Air Niugini (PX), Air Tahiti Nui (TN), Air Vietnam (VN), South African Airways (SA), Air Vanuatu (NF) and Aircalin (SB) - the Qantas flight number must appear on the reservation and ticket.
• An unlimited number of online direct transfers (a direct connection) is permitted within the Tier mileage allowed by your fare.
• You may fly up to 16 flight segments on your trip. Travel between two airports by surface transportation will count as one flight segment.

Flights and stopovers

• There are limits on the number of stopovers you may take:

Fare Tier	Stopovers permitted
Tier 1	Minimum of 3, maximum of 5 stopovers, with no more than 2 within any region.
Tier 2	Minimum of 3, maximum of 10 stopovers, with no more than 3 within any region.
Tier 3 and Tier 4	Minimum of 3, maximum of 15 stopovers, with no more than 4 within any region
All tiers	A maximum of two stopovers is permitted in your region of origin. These are included in the above maximum stopover limits
Global Explorer regions are defined as: Europe and Middle East, including Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan Africa (excluding countries named above) Asia, including the Indian subcontinent Australia, New Zealand and South West Pacific North America, including Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and Panama South America (excluding countries named above)

Minimum and maximum stay

You must stay away from your point of origin for at least 10 days. You may take up to 12 months to complete your trip.

Reservations

• You must book your first flight and have your ticket issued at least 7 days before your first flight. Exception: for travel originating in South West Pacific the 7 day advance reservation requirement does not apply.
• You may leave subsequent flights open-dated, and reserve them as you go along.
• All reservations and ticketing can be handled by American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian Airlines or any of their oneworld affiliates as well as Aer Lingus, Air Pacific and Gulf Air.
• Global Explorer offers flexibility should you need to alter your travel arrangements. A charge may be payable for this service, and if your ticket needs to be reissued this may take up to 24 hours, so when making changes to your itinerary, please plan accordingly.

Example Itineraries

A Global Explorer trip can be unique. With more than 675 destinations around the world to choose from, there are endless combinations to be explored. And you can start from any city served by a participating airline. To give you an idea of what Global Explorer offers, here are a few sample itineraries:

Tier 1: 26 000 MILES

Melbourne-Hong Kong-London-Madrid-Chicago-Los Angeles-Melbourne

 

Tier 2: 29 000 MILES

Sydney-Perth-Johannesburg-London-New York-Los Angeles-Sydney

 

Tier 3: 34 000 MILES

London-Bahrain-Mumbai-Bangkok-Hong Kong-Sydney-Nadi (Fiji) -Honolulu-Los Angeles-Santiago-Buenos Aires-London

 

Tier 4: 39 000 MILES

Sydney-Los Angeles-New York-Miami-Buenos Aires-Lima-Santiago-Madrid-Paris-Budapest-London-Hong Kong-Sydney

 

You can include flights on any of the affiliated airlines listed below:

American Airlines	British Airways	Cathay Pacific
AmericanConnection® * American Eagle® **	BA Cityflyer   Comair § Loganair § Sun-Air of Scandanavia §	Dragonair

Iberia	JAL	LAN	Qantas
Air Nostrum	JALways JAL Express J-Air Japan Transocean Air	LAN Argentina LAN Ecuador LAN Express LAN Peru	QantasLink ‡ Jetconnect

Finnair, Malév and Royal Jordanian do not have any affiliates.
* AmericanConnection service is operated by one of the following independent carriers: Trans State Airlines Inc. and Chautauqua Airlines Inc.
** American Eagle service includes flights operated by Executive Airlines.
§ Independently operated franchise carriers using the British Airways name, livery and flight code and offering British Airways products and services. The Loganair franchise agreement ends 25 October 2008.
‡ QantasLink: Airlink(National Jet Systems), Eastern Australia Airlines, Sunstate Airlines.

Fare Estimate

Please refer to the rule sheet for the full technical product details: Global Explorer rule sheet (58kb, PDF)

Booking a Trip

Global Explorer fares can be booked through any travel agent or a reservations office of any oneworld member airline. Due to the complexity of these products, on-line booking through member airline sites is not currently available. However, reservations staff at the member airlines will be pleased to assist. For contact information select the member airline of your choice below.

Terms and Conditions

• Global Explorer is available on scheduled flights that are both operated and marketed by a oneworld airline (American Airlines (AA), British Airways (BA), Cathay Pacific (CX, KA), Finnair (AY), Iberia (IB), JAL Japan Airlines (JL), LAN (LA,LP,XL,4M), Malév Hungarian Airlines (MA), Qantas (QF), Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ), or on a oneworld member airline affiliate ("marketed" means a oneworld airline flight number must be reserved and on the ticket for the specific flight in question) or flights operated and marketed by Aer Lingus (EI), Air Pacific (AF), Gulf Air (GF).
• Also permitted are Qantas (QF) codeshare services operated by Air Niugini (PX), Air Tahiti Nui (TN), Air Vietnam (VN), South African Airways (SA), Air Vanuatu (NF) and Aircalin (SB). No other codeshare services are permitted.
• If an aircraft serving part of your itinerary does not have a First or Business Cabin, customers will be booked into a lower-class cabin.
• Frequent Flyer Mileage and tier points, where applicable, can be accrued only from eligible fares in the cabin flown.
• Seasonal peak and basic Economy fares (applies to travel originating in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom) are determined by first interregional sector by different sets of dates within each departure region. All other fares apply year round.
• Travel on the last International sector must commence no earlier than 10 days after commencement of the first International sector, except:
  • EXCEPTION 1 - For travel originating in Europe travel on the last Intercontinental sector must commence no earlier than 10 days after commencement of the first Intercontinental sector.
  • EXCEPTION 2 - For travel originating in the South West Pacific, no minimum stay requirement for First or Business Class
• Tickets must be issued on the stock of AA/AY/BA/CX/EI/FJ/GF/IB/JL/KA/LA/LP/MA/QF/RJ/XL/4M
  • EXCEPTION 1: When EI participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, EI, GF, IB, JL, MA or QF stock must be utilised.
  • EXCEPTION 2: When FJ participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, FJ, GF, IB, JL, KA, MA, QF or RJ stock must be utilised.
  • EXCEPTION 3: When GF participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, EI, FJ, GF, IB, JL, KA, MA, QF or RJ stock must be utilised.
  • EXCEPTION 4: When KA participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, FJ, GF, IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be utilised
  • EXCEPTION 5: When LA participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be utilised
  • EXCEPTION 6: When LP participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be utilised.
  • EXCEPTION 7: When RJ participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, FJ, GF, IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be utilised.
  • EXCEPTION 8: When XL participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be utilised.
  • EXCEPTION 9: When 4M participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be utilised.
• All information, routings, available destinations and fares are subject to change without notice. These fares are limited to availability and capacity controls. Some penalties may apply concerning rebooking, rerouting, cancellations and refunds.
• All destinations you wish to travel to must be stated at time of purchase, before departure from country of origin. You must have booked and received a ticket for your first international flight (and any preceding local flights) at least seven days prior to travel when your journey originates. All remaining flights may be left open (i.e. without confirmed flight numbers and dates), as long as each flight is then reserved prior to departure. In some departing countries, tickets can be booked or issued up to one hour before departure. Local fees may apply.
• If a ticket includes travel to/from/via Cuba it may not also include flight segments for travel on American Airlines, American Eagle, American Connection due to U.S. government restrictions.
• Children and infants: Children pay 75%. Infants pay 10%.
• Minimum stay: 10 days. Maximum stay: 12 months
• Conditions of carriage and regulations. The carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo is subject to the conditions of carriage and regulations of the carriers concerned, copies of which may be requested from each airline.
• An economy Global Explorer fare may be upgraded to a higher-tiered Global Explorer or a first/business class Global Explorer fare without penalty on payment of the additional fare.
• A business Global Explorer fare may be upgraded to a first class Global Explorer fare without penalty on payment of the additional fare.
• Upgrading by sector to business/first class is not permitted.
• A maximum of 16 flight and surface segments is permitted for the entire journey. Intermediate surface sectors between two airports are permitted at passenger's expense. Surface sectors must be included in the total mileage.
• Backtracking between regions is not permitted, except that Asia may be passed through twice providing one of the departure/arrivals in Asia is a transit without stopover in conjunction with travel between the South West Pacific and Europe.
• Travel may not be via the original point of origin, except for origin Australia in conjunction with travel to Papua New Guinea where one of the departure/arrivals is a transfer without stopover.
• Only one international departure and one International arrival to/from the country of origin is permitted, except two are permitted for origin Australia in conjunction with travel to Papua New Guinea.
• Travel between USA and Canada is not considered an International arrival/departure for the purposes of this fare.
• The itinerary may reflect travel greater than round the world, provided it is not via the point of origin and still terminates in the country of origin.
• Global Explorer fares will be subject to taxes, passenger fees and charges.
• Further conditions apply.

All information contained herein is correct as of 01 June 2008 but is subject to change without notice.

American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL, LAN, Malév, Qantas and Royal Jordanian are trademarks of their respective companies.